Tennis balls come on cans of 3. The coach needs 50 tennis balls for practice. How many cans should he order?
17
50/3 = ?
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50/3=16 R2 so 17 cans
To determine how many cans of tennis balls the coach should order, we need to consider that each can contains 3 tennis balls and the coach needs a total of 50 tennis balls.
To find out the number of cans, we divide the total number of tennis balls needed by the number of tennis balls in each can:
50 tennis balls ÷ 3 tennis balls per can = 16.6667 cans
Since the coach cannot order a fraction of a can, we need to round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the coach should order 17 cans of tennis balls.